Consensus guidelines for lumbar puncture in patients with neurological diseases

Engelborghs, Sebastiaan; Niemantsverdriet, Ellis; Struyfs, Hanne; Blennow, Kaj; Brouns, Raf; Comabella, Manuel; Dujmović, Irena; M. van der Flier, Wiesje; Frölich, Lutz; Galimberti, Daniela; Gnanapavan, Sharmilee; Hemmer, Bernhard; I. Hoff, Erik; Hort, Jakub; Iacobaeus, Ellen; Ingelsson, Martin; Jan de Jong, Frank; Jonsson, Michael; Khalil, Michael; Kühle, Jens; Lleó, Alberto; de Mendonça, Alexandre; Luís Molinuevo, José; Nagels, Guy; Paquet, Claire; Parnetti, Lucilla; Roks, Gerwin; Rosa‐Neto, Pedro; Scheltens, Philip; Skarsgård, Constance; Stomrud, Erik; Tumani, Hayrettin; Jelle Visser, Pieter; Wallin, Anders; Winblad, Bengt; Zetterberg, Henrik; H. Duits, Flora; E. Teunissen, Charlotte

doi:10.1016/j.dadm.2017.04.007

Public

Consensus guidelines for lumbar puncture in patients with neurological diseases

Published in Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring • Jan 1, 2017

Authors:

Sebastiaan Engelborghs

Ellis Niemantsverdriet

Hanne Struyfs

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cerebrospinal fluid collection by lumbar puncture (LP) is performed in the diagnostic workup of several neurological brain diseases. Reluctance to perform the procedure is among others due to a lack of standards and guidelines to minimize the risk of complications, such as post-LP head...

Subject

Medicine

Lumbar puncture

Lumbar

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!